Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-08
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

to q. Grub, of Cheney.
The Umatilla will take the Mer:co's
place on the down trip this week.
VIM. Wilson, a fisherman, was
drowned ill the Columbia, near Fort
Stevens, last Tuesday.
The LaCamas paper mill is to be re-
built at once with increased capacity
and better machinery.
On the contraction work of the
Cascade division there are LOO men
employed, of which thousand are
Cinnamon.
c. B Powers, who escaped not long
since, from the Territorial Penitentiary
ut Seatco, was recaptured Tuesday at
Port Townsend by Deputy Sheriff
Lotus.
Farmers in Whatcom county are
busy now getting ready to put in their
crops, and quite a number have al
ready planted potatoes, and few have
sown peas and oats.
An electric light company has been
formed at Walla Walla for lighting
the city with electricity; capital stock,
$4,000, in 100 shares of 500 EACH
60 per cent. is called.
Kittitas paper: The fruit crop, such
us apples, pears, cherries and plums
are all right at this time. Peaches, we
have but few trees, and they have
been nipped in the bud.
The strawberry production of Hough-
ton precinct, King county, Was little
short of $4,000 gallons, in 1886. BY
reason of increased planting and the
promise of better yield, the prodnc-
ton of 1887 is expected to exceed &c.
600 gallons.
Frank Allyn, who supersedes JUS
tice John Z. Hoyt, of Washington Ter
ritory, entered upon his official duties
at Vancouver Monday. He was cor
daily received by the bar and citizens
of the place. The retiring Judge as
sisted in the installation ceremonies.
Rebuilding in the burnt district at
Walla Walla is going on rapidly. A
new yard for making bricks by ma
chlnery has been started near town.
Clay is brought by the narrow gauge
from Dixie, eight miles distant. The
capacity of the new yard is 10000 daily.
Judge Allyn, at Vancouver, dis.
missed all the female jurors who had
been summoned, and discharged all
nd lot M mt =
grand jury. He held the decision of
the Supreme Court was binding upon
him and all the lower courts, and he
must follow their ruling.
Aberdeen Herald: The total produc-
ton of lumber from the Harbor during
the next year is estimated by parties
who are posted, at upward of 75,OOO,-
600 feet. There are probably 10000
600 feet of logs now in the water, and
it is estimated that 10000, 900 more
will be put in this season.
Higher winds have prevailed in the
Palouse country this season than ever
before since the settlement of the
country. Monday nights wind storm
leveled considerable timber between
COlfax and Pennington. Some of the
trees were broken off but the majority
were uprooted from the soft ground.
Thos. johnson of Ellensburgh and
Cle-Elum has closed contract with
the Northern Pacific company for To-
DOC, 900 feet of lumber to be used in
building eighteen miles of snow sheds,
three miles for the coal road and fif-
teen miles for the line along the noun
tain grade west of Eastern, and on the
switchback.
Every town and city, no matter how
flourishing, says an exchange, is afflict.
ed more or less with those animals
called croakers, and as they lit their
boots on to the stove and tell what
they don't know about this country,
one would be led to believe that we
were all going on q dead run to the
-" demnition bow-wows." The croaker,
however, is happy only while he is
growing.
Walla Walla Union: The Farmers'
Protective Association will send man
East for the purpose of enlisting cap
ital to build branch road fro m this
place to point connecting with the
Columbia river and the Northern Pa
cific. 1t is thought that d. w. Small
will be the person selected. The asso-
citation will also have nine trustees
who will be instructed to secure
franchise for such company.
Nelson Martins boat, the Spokane.
struck on drift about one and a half
miles below Kingston, ON the Ceur
d'Alene river, on her return trip Tuei-
day, capsized and sank. Five lives ara
lost, as follows: J. G. Hanna of Spo-
kane Falls, N. J. Higgins of Bangor,
Maine, Mr.. Pike, representing Hegele
& Co., of Portland, Edward Jerome of
Lewiston, and another man, name un-
known. There were nineteen passen-
gers on board ut the time, all of whom
had a very narrow escape.
The farmers of Walla Walla have
held secret meeting regarding railroad
rates. They were represented by dele
gates from different parts of the coun-
try. They propose sending delegate
to interview the Interstate Commerce
Commissioners on the same subject.
The Statesman sounds the note of
of alarm and bids them to be on their
guard, lest some adventurer works in
upon them for his own benefit, and
points to similar action in the past,
where they have been taken in every
time by those who ground their own
ak at the farmers expense. The late
treachery in the wheat contract busi.y
ness is an example. q
At Hoquiam, Tuesday afternoon;
while the tug Traveller was towing the
schooner James A. Garfield from the
entrance to the mill, Charles Eckland,
q sailor on the Garfield, fell from the
jib-boOm into the water. The vessel
passed over him, evidently killing or
stunning him. The tug immediately
slipped her hawser and put back to his
assistance, and life-buoys were thrown
over and boats lowered from the Gar